Comment by bjourne
Love the use of the "we" word here. :) What is counted as a reliable source is voted on on one of Wikipedia's meta pages. So "reliability" is not based on any factual circumstances, but on whether the vote is won or lost. And you can trivially game that using sock/meat puppetry. Notwithstanding, White's claimed policy heavily favors Western media giants such as The New York Times and The Washington Post which many editors know about. However, the actual information they publish are often much less accurate than what is published in specialized trade magazines or even activist blogs.
> So "reliability" is not based on any factual circumstances, but on whether the vote is won or lost.
Those voters (with the exception if bad actors) are working on the basis of "factual circumstances", which they debate extensively before voting.